David Galea

I am an Innovative Digital Transformation Advisor with over twenty years international advisory experience with one of the Big Four Firms, the Office of the Prime minister of Malta, the Office of the Prime Minister of Dubai, the Secreteriat of the President of Abu Dhabi, as well as various organisations in the United Kingdom. I have led a number of high profile projects, including the roll out of 4G with one of the major telecom players in the UK, together with various digitalisation strategy and implementation programmes in the financial services, energy and manufacturing sectors. I am the Founder of BEAT Limited, a niche advisory and corporate services group specialising in the fintech, gaming, entertainment, communications, media and technology industries. Over the past two years, I have been particularly active in assisting innovative technology start-ups in developing new business models and monetisation strategies, using Blockchain as an underlying technology to disrupt existing industries. I am also assisting several of these start-up companies through the process of issuing ICOs as well as accessing adequate sourcing of finance through Angel Financing, Venture Capital Financing and EU funding through Horizon 2020. Moreover, I am supporting a number of established players in developing an appropriate technology roadmap with a view to leverage and exploit the benefits of Blockchain, IoT and AI within their own business model. As regards my academic background, I am a Certified Public Accountant, and have read for a Bachelor’s Degree (with Honours) in Business Management at the University of Malta. I also possess a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Warwick, where I graduated with distinction. More recently, I successfully completed the Blockchain Strategy Programme run by Oxford University and presently following the Oxford Fintech Programme and the MIT Internet of Things Programme.